Buford Chairman Phillip Beard says sales tax for road projects will be stopped ‘dead in its tracks’ if city doesn’t get property - Gainesville Times

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Buford Chairman Phillip Beard says sales tax for road projects will be stopped ‘dead in its tracks’ if city doesn’t get property

Traffic moves along Spout Springs Road Monday, May 22, 2023, south of Union Circle Road. The $260 million in proposed TSPLOST projects includes a second phase of Spout Springs Road widening and widening of McEver Road from Buford to Flowery Branch. - photo by Scott Rogers

0717 TSPLOSTBALLOT.jpg — Traffic moves along Spout Springs Road Monday, May 22, 2023, south of Union Circle Road. The $260 million in proposed TSPLOST projects includes a second phase of Spout Springs Road widening and widening of McEver Road from Buford to Flowery Branch. - photo by Scott Rogers

With the deadline this week, negotiations between Hall County and the city of Buford over a 1 cent sales tax for road projects appear to have stalled, placing the TSPLOST referendum in peril.